Supervisory Assignments

An interim supervisor is assigned to all incoming students in the PhD program. PhD students, after two terms in the program, will make supervisory arrangements with a faculty member in the chosen area of research. In the case of PhD students, the supervisor and student will select two other faculty members to serve on the student’s supervisory committee.

Research Proposal

Students whose research involves human subjects must receive approval from University of Calgary Conjoint Faculties Research Ethics Board or the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board (if applicable) before beginning data collection.

Required Examinations

Candidacy

Doctoral students must complete a thesis prospectus, normally within fourteen months of initial registration in the doctoral program. Successful completion of the prospectus means that the Supervisory Committee has approved the thesis project, and a written copy of the prospectus is filed with the Sociology Department Student Administrator.

Doctoral students must pass a Field of Study examination with a written and an oral component, normally completed within twenty months of initial registration in the doctoral program.

For complete details of the candidacy requirements, see soci.ucalgary.ca/graduate/phd-program.

Thesis Examinations

Thesis examinations are open. In addition to Faculty of Graduate Studies regulations for thesis examinations, the program requires:

Scheduling of the Examination
All members of the Supervisory Committee must have reviewed the student’s draft thesis document before an examination can be scheduled.

Composition of the Committee
The Internal Examiner may be internal to the home program.

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Sociology

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